Saturday, February 6, 2010
Are You Who You Wanna Be?
I'm currently reading a book call 'Tuesdays with Morrie' by Mitch Albom, which i think many of you heard of this book before. You may have even read it before i did!
The story is based on the author's true encounter with his dying professor - Morrie Schwartz. In the last few months of his prof's life, Mitch Albom visited him every Tuesday. Each Tuesday, they will talk about a topic that they've previously agreed on.
I was reading the chapter on their conversation about something many people wouldn't want to discuss - Death.
Morrie said these things, which really made me think:
"Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently."
What he meant was, if we accept the fact that we can leave this earth any time, we will live our life differently. We would have made every day count, because we really do not know when will be our last. He said, "In this way, you can actually be more involved in your life while you're living."
And he went on to say...
"The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live."
"Most of us all walk around as if we're sleepwalking. We really don't experience the world fully, because we're half-asleep, doing things we automatically think we have to do."
How true. I think facing death really changes the way we look at things. Things that we're doing now may not be the most important things in life. Work, money, fame, material possessions, etc.
I think it's a good time, since it's still the start of 2010, to really think about what we are doing with our lives. Where did all our time went into? =)
In our super fast pace society, it is very easy for us to focus too much on things that people are chasing after. What others are desperately chasing after may not be the most important things after all. Some times, we just got to learn to slow down in our lives, and start to appreciate the people and things around us; we need to learn to appreciate the ups and downs of life.
So...are you living life the way you think you should, or are you just following trends and what is popular in our culture today? Think about it. Maybe it's time to rethink...time to reset the priorities in your life?
Like what Switchfoot sang...."This is your life, are you who you wanna be?".
=)
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